Thursday, June 26, 2008

He's Almost Two ):

Today Auntie Amy (with the help of Uncle Nate) surprised Landon with some early birthday gifts! On Sunday July 6th Landon will be two, and we have been working on the transition from crib to Big Boy Bed! So far it has been an easy transition that Landon immediately accepted. However we never did change his room, just put the new bed in there and threw on the cheapest sheets we could find (Landon is recently potty trained). So this evening, with Auntie and Uncle's gifts we re-did Landon's room and it is SOOOOOO cute! We still plan on doing some painting and adding a few other pieces but here are some pictures of our work so far!

YAY Presents~
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Landon LOVED his new lamp and wanted to keep playing with it~
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He was so excited~
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Thank you kisses for his BFF~
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He was so happy~
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What we have finished so far~
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Big Boy Bed!!~
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And what better way to sleep in his new room than with his new shark jammies from Grandma and Pop Pop~
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Thank you Auntie Amy and Uncle Nate for the coolest room ever! I love you! Love, Landon XOXO

Brynne

We have had so many things going on in the last few days! Our princess Miss Brynne has graduated from her infant carrier to a big girl car seat! I was getting sick of carrying her in and out with the heavy carrier so I put the new car seat in the car...and she loves it!
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Another big milestone is also right around the corner! Yesterday morning Brynne started scooting herself along the floor! She is desperately trying to find her independence and crawl. At only 5 1/2 months this is a big deal in our house. Landon skipped rolling and crawling all together and walked at 8 months. It is neat to see Brynne learn all the steps for development in the correct order (:

Scootin'~
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So funny~
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Trying again~
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Man, scootin' is hard work! I'm tired~
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Brynne continues to practice standing every day in her exersaucer, she really likes it because she can see everything brother is doing around her~
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Landon got Mama's squinty eyes...Brynne got Mama's legs! LOL, poor thing!~
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FFF ~ Summer Lovin'

This Weeks FFF Theme~Summer Lovin'



The Staley Family LOVES Summer! Before the kids were born Travis and I owned a boat and spent a week in Bass Lake, CA every summer. We traveled a lot during the summer and spent plenty of time at the beach! It is hard for me to find older pictures because our laptop is only 3 years old and the summer pictures before that are on our desktop computer at Amy and Nate's house. So these are some of my favorite summer pictures that I do have!



This is last summer with my baby boy~

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Daddy and Landon at the park~

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Good times at Bass Lake~

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Summer Fun with friends, before the kiddos~

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Fun at the Lake, Matthew and Landon~

I love this picture, poor boys...both of them got each of their Mama's 'squinty eyes' LOL

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This is Brynne's first summer, and her first bathing suit~

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Yummy!~

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We plan to have many years of fun filled summers, complete with trips to the lake, camping, the beach, and family vacations! I can't wait for the kids to get older and to love summer as much as we do!

See More Posts on "Summer Lovin", visit Sarah's Blog at http://kissthefrog4me.blogspot.com/

Monday, June 23, 2008

Weekend Fun

We had a fun and pretty relaxing weekend for the first time in a long time! On Saturday both my parents and my sister and her new husband returned from their vacations. My mom and dad went to Hawaii for a week and they had a fabulous time! Amy and Nathan went to Sedona Arizona for their honeymoon. I was so bored all week with them out of town because I talk to my mom and sister everyday, about a dozen times! I am glad everyone had a fun time and they are all 4 home safe! On Sunday we went to my parents house to visit and hear about their vacation. They brought the kids back the cutest Hawaiian outfits and Landon LOVES his and won't let me take it off! Here are the pictures~
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Then after visiting Grandma and Pop Pop we went to Amy and Nate's house, not once but twice! We started the afternoon there with a few rounds of 'Rock Band.' It's some new video game for the Playstation 3 and it allows you to play musical instruments like you are in a band. Popular rock songs are listed for you to choose from and somebody plays lead guitar, somebody drums, and somebody the bass guitar, and another person can sing. It is really fun and Sooooooo addicting. We left at about 3 and put Landon and Brynne down for their naps. At 6 we went back to BBQ and play more music! Uncle Nate and Uncle Mike showed Landon how to fish and Auntie Amy let him feed and kiss the horses! We ate good food and had a lot of fun. The camera is acting up so I only got a few pictures. (It seems 'somebody' (Landon) has gotten something sticky on Mama's camera and the cover on the lens wont open unless I force it) So here are a few pictures~

Soooo tired~
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Band Practice~
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Fishing~
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Staley's~
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Don't fall in!~
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Rocking with Daddy~
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Hope everybody had a great weekend!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Our Sweet Girl

Today Brynne is 5 months old, and honestly I can't believe it! Time really flew by with one child, but with 2 I can hardly keep track of my days anymore. She is growing so fast and learning so much each week. Her sleeping patterns have definitely improved and she is sleeping through the night now. She still goes to bed at 7 and sleeps each night until about 6. Daddy gets her up before he leaves for work and gives her a bottle and then she usually goes back to sleep until Landon wakes up and the house gets NOISY! And we have gotten her used to taking naps in her crib! She is rolling all over and it determined to teach herself how to crawl! She loves her big brother and is constantly amazed at the things he does all day. This week Brynne was finally able to use two new toys! She is now playing in the stationary exersaucer and LOVES her activity mat for the floor. Here are a few new pictures of our beauty!

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Have a great day everyone (:

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Love Him!

Just got a few new pictures from my sister's wedding that I wanted to share~

Staley's
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Besties~
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LOVE him~
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With Our Dad~
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LoVe~
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Friday, June 13, 2008

Mama's Gardener

Yesterday Landon was playing in the back yard and Travis found him watering the trees! It was so cute because Travis said the back yard was like a river at one point! Landon was so proud to be helping and he had so much fun. What a big boy!

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Look at all the water!~
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Then Landon put some of daddy's tools in the wading pool!
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He always ends with a 'cheeeeeese!'
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Afternoon at the lake

Yesterday Travis had an early day at work, and both Amy and Nathan were home so we all decided to head up to Wrightwood to enjoy this beautiful weather. Only a short drive from our house in the Mountain Community of Wrightwood is a beautiful Country Club open only to members. Amy and Nate were members last summer and when renewing their membership this season, they asked us to join with them (: Thanks to Amy and Nate's gracious invitation we are now also proud members who plan on spending the summer at the lake with the kids! I had taken only a few shots when the camera battery died, so enjoy the ones I managed to take!

All ready to go!
(always saying cheese for the camera)~

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Brynne's first trip to the Lake~
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She LOVED being outside~
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Landon wouldn't stop snacking long enough to play in the water!~
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Taking a dip~
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Watching Auntie and Daddy play Frisbee~
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STILL snacking~
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Bathing Beauty
(Her suit is a 6mo. size and it barely fits! Brynne is 4 1/2 months! SO chunky, lol)~

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Beautiful Day!!~
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Wading with Auntie~
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